I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson will not run for governor, the long-time Republican announced today. According to The Detroit News, Patterson said he couldn’t justify being away from his desk as CEO of Oakland County for more than a year to run for higher office. Patterson’s last jab at statewide office was in a losing 1982 bid for the U.S. Senate. Patterson has served in Oakland County’s government since becoming its prosecutor in 1972 and later county executive.
Patterson did not say who he backs for the Republican nomination for governor.
Patterson’s absence likely puts U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-Holland) in the leading position to with his party’s nomination. In the last survey of Republicans on who they want to be their nominee, Hoekstra was tied with Patterson at 20 percent. Trailing was Attorney General Mike Cox with 16 percent support and Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land with 12 percent.
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